“What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, where a lot of these people, probably two million, it could be even three million, we are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate,” offered Trump in his sit-down with 60 Minutes. “But we’re getting them out of our country, they’re here illegally.”

I can’t speak for others, but for me the issue comes from the rhetoric itself (which he has, admittedly, softened on since actually winning). Promising “deportation task forces” and “immediate” deportation immediately sets off concerns about due process. He’s promising to immediately deport the same number of people Obama deported over 6 years. That’s worrisome on the logistics alone, much less the legal issues.

The problem is:
1) That’s what Obama is already doing and has already done, so Trump is going to continue the same Obama policy that he ran a fucking political campaign criticizing
2) That’s not what Trump promised his supporters he would do when he was running for office. He said he would deport *all* of the illegals. All of them. So what does it tell you when he’s punting one of his signature promises and he hasn’t even assumed office yet? Six days after the election and he’s already saying “fuck it” to all of this shit he promised you he was going to do for the preceding 18 months.

They are “Highly illegal” So what others are just sorta illegal? This is going to ruin lives of people who have done nothing wrong and happen to be hispanic. Sounds like a sure fire way to ignite a fire.

I’m guessing someone told Trump that merely being here without a visa is not a crime (hence the use of undocumented). Crossing the border (Unauthorized entry) without the proper paperwork is illegal, but not merely the act of being here. So he legally can’t deport someone unless he can prove they crossed the border illegally or if they commit another crime. Maybe that was part of his discussion with the president.